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No. 392,871. lly-a'oented Nov. 13, 1888.

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RUDOLF IJANGENBACH, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORT FOR -GHRISTIVIASQTREES OR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 392,871, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed June 29. 1888.

piece are hinged, by pivots F, the supportingo .To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that 1, RUDOLF LANGENBACH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York,

5 have invented new and useful Improvements in Supports for Ch ristmas-Trees and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide novel means for supporting a Christmas-tree or 1o a table-top; and to such end the invention consists in the combination,with a standard having at its lower end a base-piece secured by a detachable screw and provided with pivoted legs having arms extending above the pivots,

of a table-top having radial slots for the pas sage of the said legs and changeable from the upper end of the standard to a position beneath the base piece carrying the pivoted legs, and a detachable fastening for securing the ta- 2o bletop to the upper end of the standard, all

as more fully hereinafter' described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view on the line x as,

Fig. 2, showing theinvention arranged in connection with a portion of the stem or trunk of a Christmastree; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line w w, Fig. 4, showing the invention 3o arranged in connection with the leg of a table; and Fig. 4, a sectional view on the line a z, Fig. 3.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail,referriug to the drawings, wherein- The letter H indicates a standard, which may be the stem or trunk of a Christmas-tree, as in Figs. VI and 2, or the leg of a table, as in 4er-Figs. 3 and 4. The table-top A may have any suitable ornamental railing, B, and is provided with radial slots E and a detachable center fastening, N-such as a screw-by which said top can be removably secured to the upper end of the standard. The baselegs O, three or more, each having an arm, G, extending above its pivot to bear against the standard H, so that the downward pressure of the standard on the base-piece tends to spread the legs and force the arms G against such standard. If desired, the standard may be provided with shoulders or offsets M, to serve as abutments for the arms G, as in Fig 3.

The invention, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4., is in connection with a standard that constitutes a table-leg, and the table-top A is detachably secured to the upper end of the leg.

If the invention is to be used as an ornamental support for a Christmas-tree, the screw or other fastening,N,is detached and the tabletop A is changed to a position beneath the base-piece L, where it is held by first removing the screw I, and then passing the latter through the table-top and base-piece into the Christmas-tree, all as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To permit this change, the tabletop is furnished with the radial slots E (before mentioned, for the passage of the pivoted legs C. When the table-top is secured beneath its basepiece, it constitutes a table for supporting any desired articles to ornament the surroundings of a Christmas-tree, and when suoli top is secured to the upper end of a standard it serves as an ordinary table.

The combination, with a standard having at its lower end a base piece secured by a detachable screw and provided with pivoted legs having upwardly-projecting arms, of a table-top having radial slots for the passage of the pivoted legs and changeable from the upper end of the standard to a position beneath the basen piece, and a detachable fastening for securing the table-top to the upper end of the standard, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLF LANGENBACH. [n s] Witnesses:

W. C. HAUFF, l E. F. KAsTENHUnER. 

